> So the answer is DON'T fully discharge Lithium Ion batteries, This is true for all rechargable batteries! (And has been for decades.) You run them dead flat, you take 10%[1] off their life expectency each time. LiIon have a pretty bad life expectency in the first place (as well as the highest capacity/volume ratio on the market and a wildly inflated price).
> and charge them up rather than storing them flat. Yes, that too. Keep in mind that batteries discharge themselves over time while just sitting on the shelf, that's why everything says "charge before use" when you buy it. The self-discharge of NiCd may be around 10% per month, NiMH is lower. Volker [1] big blue guess -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
